bush send thousands of americans off to their deaths? for what reason, and why doesn't he have to answer for that? it's -- i just -- you know, look, i said this back then. i took a lot of hit for it. everybody told me there were going to be weapons of mass destruction. a lot of people said things at work, said things at school that people watching the show will remember. they were ostracized, you know. you weren't -- you couldn't say anything. the dixie chicks lost their career. they were finished. other people lost jobs. >> total mess. >> not a -- yeah, because -- because we were told at that time in a democracy we are not allowed to dissent. we are not allowed to ask questions, and they learned from vietnam and the previous wars, don't put these images on the screen. don't let them see the coffins coming back home, and let's -- let's get our media. bedded with them. >> these are the results of the cnn/orc poll recently about iraq. they were asked would you say the initial decision to send u.s. troops to iraq was a smart or dumb thing t